Example sentences of "it grow [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not store up for yourselves treasure on earth , where it grows rusty and moth-eaten , and thieves break in to steal it . |
| 2 | Today he said , ‘ You improve : it grows better and better . ’ ’ |
| 3 | To apply the principles of this meeting , and the crucial facts that its seemingly casual remarks convey — ‘ which he has done all along ’ and ‘ it grows better and better ’ — is to unveil a picture of Johnson , on the road , casting his eye repeatedly over Boswell 's entries . |
| 4 | This analysis applies equally well to a star in the act of collapsing through its horizon : it grows redder and fades on a time-scale of |
| 5 | Four-carbon photosynthesis means it grows fast and yields well . |
| 6 | Now its skin is soft and it must hide , but it grows fast and swells its body by absorbing water and stretching out the wrinkles of its new carapace . |
| 7 | Very quickly it grew ragged and dishevelled . |
| 8 | Endill could feel the heat from the Headmaster 's face as it grew redder and redder and he was sure it was about to explode . |
| 9 | In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch . |
| 10 | Suddenly it grew small and poky . |
| 11 | In winter it grew dark and fed on the sap in trees , or the blood of animals . |
| 12 | It grew colder and began to rain , as the iron bells of churches rolled of a French Sunday over the town . |
| 13 | It grew cold and dark as a winter night , and there was no Beruna to hold him , and no daughter to comfort him , only the rope 's cruel embrace , and the Whale 's anger . |
| 14 | Almost as frightening was the bellow of Buddie 's voice when it grew huge and powerful with anger , and the shouted words that struck like blows to make Frankie flinch and tremble . |
| 15 | Like carmaking and machine-tool manufacture , it grew big and profitable in a protected domestic market , its products have become world class and its firms are trying to go global . |